diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 121218d4e5edf4cc91dcc73d5322b77d9cd0b40e..36d34a4c86bd72447f6bfbe0b85a538508e8f0d2 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -532,9 +532,9 @@ nfs_lock_and_join_requests(struct page *page)
 		} else if (WARN_ON_ONCE(subreq->wb_offset < head->wb_offset ||
 			    ((subreq->wb_offset + subreq->wb_bytes) >
 			     (head->wb_offset + total_bytes)))) {
+			nfs_page_group_unlock(head);
 			nfs_unroll_locks(inode, head, subreq);
 			nfs_unlock_and_release_request(subreq);
-			nfs_page_group_unlock(head);
 			nfs_unlock_and_release_request(head);
 			return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
 		}